Looks like there WAS a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy after all

In 1996, Richard Mellon Scaife Scaife paid freelancer Christopher Ruddy to write about the Vince Foster case for the Tribune-Review and other right-leaning media.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mellon_Scaife#Opposition_to_Bill_Clinton

Folks made fun of First Lady Hillary Clinton when she used the phrase on the Today show in 1998.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vast_right-wing_conspiracy

Today, Christopher Ruddy is the CEO of Newsmax.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ruddy

Mark W. Smith even wrote a joking 2006 book about it: Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_W._Smith

In his book Smith recommended "...conservatives start using "liberal" tactics, identified as judicial activism, rather than stay with the more typical conservative tactics such as judicial restraint, strict construction, or originalism..."

I know those of us who've watched it at work for years are boggled that most Americans don't see it. But now we're faced with the reality. Hillary's words made a great media catchphrase, but she was the first to say it out loud and be made fun of for it.